Rack



May 12, 1931. ANT 1,804,912

RACK

Filed May 1. 1929 INVENTOR ATTORNEY'- Patented May 12, 1931 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE 7 MARK ANTON, OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORTO PIE BAKERIES OF AMERICA, INC., OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY RACK Applicationfiled May 1,

This invention relates to a rack for various articlesbut isparticularlydesigned for display of articles that are to be repeatedly brought outand returned as in the sale of pies. The rack is therefore primarily apie rack. The object of the invention is to propost which acts also tohold a card or tag at the top of the rack.

The invention 1s illustratedin the accom- V panying drawings in whichFigure 1 is a side View of a rack made according to myinvention. Figure2 is a face view of the upper part thereof and Figure 3 is asection online 33 in Figure 1. r

The rack comprises a base which is usually round and is flat as it isformed of a fairly heavy sheet metal and is extensive enough to hold therack erect when it is filled.

The base serves to hold the post 11 which is arranged near one edge ofthe base in order to holdthe trays or holders over the approximatecenter of the base. The trays 12 are usually extended further at thebottom and extended less at the top. They include the arms 13 which areformed into eyes 14 which encircle the post 11. The eyes are s'pacedbytubular sheet-iron spacers 15 and canswing' on the rod'to any horizontalposition desired. The trays 12 can be arranged in a spiral formation,aligned vertically, staggered by being placed alternately on oppositesides of thepost or arranged in other relations, as de sired. The trayscan be swung from underneath the ones above to enable pies in them to becut and they can then be returned to their positions.

This swinging from underneath the higher trays also allows inspectionwithout handling which is much more sanitary than the pres ent type ofrack with its fixedshallow shelves and the consequent necessityofremoving and replacing pipes to find the kind wanted. In

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addition to this the cleaning of the shallow shelves in thecold form orrack is difficult and i sometimes impossiblewhen the crumbs of crustlodgein corners and recesses of the closet or rack. i

The trays 12, in the present device are made of rings 16 Which arewelded or riv-- V eted to the divergent ends 17 of the arms 13;

The wire strands 18 which span the open r ngs 16 form the bottom tosupport any dishes or plates that fit inside the ring 16.

The wires and rings and the arms are usually welded together to form a'unitary device to be placed on the post 11.

The piece or display tag is placed at the top and comprises a plate 19with flanges 20 at' the sides and bottom and with a socket or tube 21secured at the back. over the topof the assembled eyes and spaces on therod" 11 and forms a top for theseelements.

The post 11 is usually secured to the bottom of the tray 10 by a nut 22which can be inserted because the base isgenerally flanged slightly atthe edges to space the major part of its'area from the counter or table.7 The assembling of this device is extremely simple and the number oftrays can be varied in the various racks according to the height of thepost that is supplied.

I claim V Arack comprising a base, a post extending upwardly from thebase, trays made of strip This tube 21 is slidmetal bent to form a ringand including arms.

formed of strip -metal bent into a closed loop at one end and havingdivergent ends se- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

'MARK ANTON.

